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Posted to uk.business.agriculture,alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian,alt.food.vegan,talk.politics.animals,uk.environment.conservation
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The myth of food production "efficiency" in the "ar" debate
Julie wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:59:20 -0700, Rudy Canoza
> > wrote:
>
>> Julie wrote:
>>> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:43:50 -0700, Rudy Canoza
>>> > wrote:
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>>>> Torsten Brinch wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:13:00 +0000, Oz >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Buxqi > writes
>>>>>>> "On page 1694, agronomists report the results of the longest and most
>>>>>>> comprehensive study to date comparing organic and conventional farming,
>>>>>>> measuring many aspects of crops and soil over 21 years.
>>>>>> Unfortunately the details do not seem to be online.
>>>>> http://orgprints.org/5514/
>>>> Important finding stated at that site: "We found crop
>>>> yields to be 20% lower in the organic systems".
>>>>
>>>> So...who gets the privilege of starving due to 20%
>>>> lower yields?
>>> Jonny it's out of your league
>> Not even close, pete. With an iron bar through my head
>> and strung out on LSD, I'd understand better than you on your best day.
>
> Ah that explains
You're stupid, pete. You work hard at being stupid,
and it's the one success in your life.
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